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SENSATIONAL TRIAL.
Parties In High Social Standing Charged
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Parties In High Social Standing Charged
az with InfantlCluo. b !.
UsIoNTowS, Pa, Sept. THE social
circles OF Jefferson township, this county,
are all agog over the developments Of a
case which has Just been tried in court at
thiu place, tho prominence Of the parties
connected with it adding to the interest
taken. Some time las. February the dead
body OF an infant male child was found
near the residence OF Misa Rebecca Downs,
OF Jetferaon township. at the INQUEST
held by Squire Wakefield verdict was
found blaming the mother of Miss Downs
for the child's death and finding Mics Re-.
becca to be the mother of the murdered
babe. Some Tins in June, upon the oath
OF Stephen Matt, uncle OF James Mutt, of
Dnkeg,Nutt notsrlety, and DR.. J. English,
Miss Rebecca Downs was arrested upon
the charge OF committing the murder her.
splf and not her mother. Tho trial has
taken the better part Of this week. JET.
fries and Mcdonald appeared for the de-
Tense, and Colonel A. D. Boyd assisted the
district attorney in tho prosecution. A
very .ablo argument was made on both
aides. Tho plea Of the defense was that Of
inaanity. A verdict Of acquitsal was rsnd.
cred to-day at noon. Those who stand in
q position to know say the end is not vet,
and that the prosecution was one OF spite
work, and that were it known who the
father Of the murdered child was, much
aurpriss would be occasioned in the staid
and sober community Of Jefferson. That
this will bs made known is now expected,
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A TORNADO,
Considerable Damage Dono III tho Vicinity
4s,.. ,Ui.' of Toledo. $50 ~:

F1.,. .Ui..'l Of Toledo. 5J 81.
TOLEDO, O., Sspt. Last evening dur.
ing heavy ,ain storm a tornado, which
seems to have started somewhere near
Adrian, Mich, swept down through The
outekirta Of this city, creating consider
able damage 10 the new saylum buildings,
one mile south Of Toledo, aud demolinh.
ing the fences and the small ou.houses
that came within it's track. The n.orm
struck tho nsylnm about $50, lasting only
about minute, but making things deci.
dedly interesting while it lantod. Eight
chimneys were blown down, the bricks
falling through the roofs. The steps en-.
tesing one building were torn from their
iastenings and blown distance OF $50
feet and broken into pieces. Two hun.
dred and fifty feet Of tho covered walk
leading to the driving hall and 200 yards
Of fence were also wrecked. DR.. lyman,
assistant physician, who was driving into
the grounds with his wife and chin in q
buggy, had very narrow escape. The
storm struck the buggy, turned it upside
down, completely smashing it, and carry.
ing his vile and child across the road, but
fortunately leaving them almoat unin.
jured, though badly: frightened. The
damage to the asylum will exceed S., 0OO
The storm was one OF the most furious
that has passed through this section. IS So.
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THE Docrons, CONGRESS.
A Learned Address from Delegate Sem
s.BalE Ips,t motA, OF Italy. t|f HIgFYu|

| Il.a'& mota, of Italy. ti 5l.S
WARRINGTON, D. G., Sept. 7.-Presiden!
Davis called the general session OF the In.
ternltlonal Medical Congress 10 order this
morning. He called upon Prof. Durante,
Of Rome. To the chair, as Vice President
from Italy, to. preslde, while his compa.
triot from Naples, Prof.. semmota, should
read the paper OF the day. ABIDE from
the more technical and scientific features
Of hts address, Prof. Eemmota took
the ground that modern, tendencies
were in tho direction OF hypothesis
and abstract theory, and urged a return
TO tho eaier and more conservative,
though perhaps slower methods Of exper.
imontation and exact Racertalnment OF
FACTS, Tho fundamental scope Of medl.
cine, he said, was the caro- Of disease.
Pfogsess today In the art was hindered
by o tendency TO bactoriology, which
threatened TO grow into system OF itself
instead Of becoming or remaining the
handmaid and auxiliary OF applied medi.
cino. Certainly microscopic world does
oxlas, the exploration Of which brought to
light myriads OF enemies OF mankind, but
tho solution Of the problem thus pre.
sented 10 the practitioner WAS as yet unat.
tainable. y ,.f=1ni7g q n I. j ss,5i&gT -,
NMany OF the theories presented for the
destruction OF tho microb which causes
disease would, II acted upon, frat kill the
patient and then doubtless destroy the
microb. Doctors, he maintined, should
emsnclpato themselves from the improved
theories Of the present az we'll as the IN.
founded dogmas Of tho past. Tho PROBES.
sor was rendered vote OF thanks for his
paper. The general session then adjourn
cd for the day. i. saff}I5 'liT3P-;
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THE coon rEMpLARs.
Meeting Of tho Grand Lodge for West vir.
u. giula-A Large Attendance. (.
Sptcial Dispalch 10 the infslliJtncer fsA WIFI

oleetinE OF Tho 0raud Lodge FOR West Flr.
W giuia-A Large Attendance. .6 (.
Special Dispalch to The luielliomeer. f8l Hf
WESTON, W. VA, Sept. 1.-The twenty.
second annual meeting Of the Grand
Lodge Of Good Tomplara was called to
order by Grand Worthy Chief Templar,
WIN A. Stricken. The officers In attend
ance are G. W. O. T. VIII "A. s.rlckler,
G. W. @. Thos. N. Barnee, G. v. T. Mrs.
i. L. Wade, G. 8. James B. Morgan, G.
7. Louia l.. Largent, G. s. j. 7. Mrs. Emit
" Z. Chambers, g. O. Rev. ]. W. Carter,
D. D., g. NJ. T.A. Martin, and GID, N.
Miss Emma McCullom. The first part Of
to-day was taken up In organizing tho
various committees and getting things In
readiness for one OF the most interesting
meetings ever held by that body. Tho
committee on credentials reported l25
delegates, not including visitors, which
numbers about rs. Out Of four towns
nominated, Charleston waa chosen as the
place to hold the next session Of the
Grand Lodge. The delegates, visitors, and
nearly all Of our citizens marched tonight
In regalis from the sopcra house, their
place Of meeting, to tho M. Z. church,
where Col. Romeo II. Freer, and Rev. DR..
Oarter. OF Parkeraburg, gave two able lee.
lures on temperance. Mr.. Freer's reputa.
ton Oh au orator a!lfover the State issuch
that we refrain from commenting on his
addrcsg.t Mr. .ss.,7s4yTf ,tiII'0II7'ul ~
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KILLED Ills WIFE.
An Aged German Enters n Police Static
and Confesses to Murder. +

An Aged German Eaters u Police Station
and Confesses to Murder. 5.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 7.-At2:2O o'clock
this morning man about 90 years OF age,
clad in workingmau's garments, which, to-
gether with his handu, were covered with
blood, presented himsslf at Station No. l
and asked to be locked up, as he had
killed his wife. q y MI ~ 754ss.5
He gave his name as Alois Proell, q
German laborer living at the corner Of
Gray and Carlton streets. He said that
he had struck his wife four times with an
axe and supposed she was dead. igg
!. When the officerg reached the house
the woman WAS found lying in bed in a
pool Of blood with two deep gashas on the
right side Of her head. One blow had
crushed the skull, inaicIing q fatal wound.
Proell's announcement Of hia act was
made in cool, unconcorned way, but he
declined to say anything as to- his reason
Tor committing the decd. IS: .gE.3l5y
On Saturday last Proell was arrested on
complaint Of bis daughter Maggie, aged
ID. He was arraigned on Monday and let
out on bail. The neighborB think Proell
Is insane. His victim is still alive, but
cannot recover. '..,,
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GENEHAL-on his brothers side-Powe]l
3. opens the Democratic campaign in Ohio
in G reckless style that will delight the
heart Of every Republican in the State.
His speech is particularly rich in ma.
terial for the Republican stumpers. BE
claborates the Democratic platform with
all tho earnestness Of man determined
to make q bad thing woree. 5-rT7sir'e
Plungins headlong into State affairs he
compares the administration Of Hoadly
with that OF Foraker. This he should
have left to bis dearest enemy. \ It is mat
ter OF common notoriety that the Hoadly
administration inherited from the Foeter
administration the snug sum Of $500, 900
and turned over to the Foraker admins.
tration handsome indebtedness OF $780,
600. beginning with an inheritance zen.
orally diaordered, the Foraker admiuistra.
ton has put the finances Of the State on
asound basis and the public Institutions
in condition once moro creditable to an
intelligent and progressive commonwealth.
Mr.. Powell commits himself equnreIy 10
the docrino Of tarifl-for.revenue-only
and invites every Republican stumper and
every Republican newspaper to fall upon
him and have an easy victory. He may
DO cure that Foraker wants nothing bet.
ter than to have him just where ho has
placed himself. The people Of Ohio will
not swallow the tariG:tor.revenue.only
uostrum, and before Foraker gets through
with his missionary labors they will ap-
preciate more than ever how very IN.
pala:able noat,um it is. Z The balder-
dash about taxing the necessaries Of life
has no power 10 charm men OF ordinary
understanding, especially when they hap.
pen to bs engaged in the production Of
these necessaries and are not yet ready to
be reduced to the wage level OF European
producers. y5zt vs. '55'
The Ohio campaign opena auspiciously
Tor the Republican ticket, and If Mr.. Pow.
oil can be KEEP: on tho track at his present
gait 1t may take a weak to count the Re.
publican majority. The Democrats over
tho river have no thoughto Of electing their
State ticket. What they arc aiming at is
the election OF the Legislature, and they
will not get that either. II \: !;5j;'
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killing NagraaH...

MEApH1o, Sept. Twelve or fifteen
deputy sherilfa Of this county made raid
Saturday night on come negroes near
Memphis, and it wa0 found the next
morning that one Of the negroes, Joe Wal.
ler, had been killed. On Tussday Judge
Dabore ordered four of tho deputies,
Will Brooks, Jake slssBsr, II. B. Pass and
Pat Gillespie, to jail and Suspended gever-
OIL others. The deputy RhefiGs OF Shelby
county have been for a long time in the
habit Of carrying pistola, getting drunk
and creating terror among the negroes of
this county. This is not tho arst time
that one has been ruthlessly ehot down
by deputy aherifs. The public coneider
the last killing cold blooded murder. I.
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I Visited by 800 Armed Negroes,

MEMPHIS, Tenn, ssp.. IA rumor
reached the city late last night from B,uns-
wick, thirty, miles distant, with which
place there is no Geographic connection,
that 800 armed negroes had visited the
slave camp over which Captain Coffmsn
and the three other white men who MUIR
dered a negro last week and threw hia
body into the river, were superintenden.s,
and warned the seventy men employed
there to vacate the works at once aud
leave the country. The workmen armed
themselves and refused to 20. Serious
trouble is expected. Captain Colfmen,
who Is In jail was yesterday indicted for
murder in the first degree, as were hls
three accomplices' in the crime.
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SENSATIONAL EPISODE.
a state Senator Exposes IN Attempt to

A State Senator Exposes IN Attempt to
2. Bribo Him. XII
Concord, N. H., Sapt. lin the Senate
yesterday Senator Sawyer roao to q quea.
ton Of privilege, and made the following
statement: ut becomes my duty to my.
self and to tho Senate to place before this
body the facts Of a transaction that took
place in this State house las. week. On
Wednesday I YVES called from the Senate
Chamber by the sergeant.at.arms, and
met Kirk D. Pierce. During the convex
sation he proposed to me that make a
speech for tho Boston 4 Msino railroad
for 5000. need not esy that the prop
osition was indignantly declined" stsJ' 9
Upon motion a committee was appoint
ed to investigate tho charge Of bribery,
with power to send for persons and pa
pers: The committee will begin its in
vestigation tomorrow. 7&:i5IlI,ll!5s
Mr. Pierce, who is elledged to have
made the attempt to bride Senator Saw
yer, is lawyer Of Hillaboro' Bridge, and
a nephew Of the late President Pierce.
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THE THEATRE FL FIRE.
Inquest Over tho victims-lloltsss OF Moro
T. III Unfortunn' on Found. ~

1 y
LONDON, Sept. 7.-Rsplying to questions
In tho House Of Commons yesterday, Mr.,
Matthews, the Homo Secretary, aaid that
no official survey Of the Theatre Royal, al
Exeter, had been malo by the homo
Office, as It had no authority to survey
theatres in the provinces. The duty de-.
wolves upon the magistrates, who had
power to refuse license II their demands
regarding construction were not com.
piled with. In the area OF London the
Board OF Work.. had power to Inspect
buildings and 10 insist upon the necessary
alterations. Tho calamity at Exeter show.
cd tho necessity OF legislation In tho mat.
ter. and the government intended TO deal
with the subject. The inquest over the
victims was begun yesterday. Crowds Of
mourning relatives were present. Tho
Coroner intimated that 1t was desirable
Tor sanitary reasons, that a general order
for burial be Immediately Issued. 1t was
impossible to identity many OF the bodies.
The jury simply viewed the remains. A
public funeral will be held to-day. a 70.
liei fund has been opened. Captain Shaw,
Of the London Ere brigade, who Ia visiting
Exeter, says tina. the fire spread with
such rapidtty, owing to the abundance Of
iniiammable material, that no help from
the outside would have done any good.
The FIRE hrigades spared no efforts, built
would be better II they were placed under
one control. Tho Queen has cent mos.
cages Of sympathy to the sufferers. A II
has been ascertained that in tho rush
ticket box was upset OF tho gallery exit,
and that this was the cause Of the block
at$his point. The remains OF nearly fifty
peraouB were fonnd there. Il .5IEy- : '5l'tF'
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His Photograph 10 Tho Rosue.'. Gallery.

. His Photograph 10 the RogueIs Gallery.
MONTREAL, Sept. 1.-THE grand jury will
resume it's session tomorrow, and among
the indictments presented to It will BIO
TINT against McGarigle, Plnketton and
Hickey for couspirirg to place the photo
graph Of James Baxter in tho rogues' gal.
lefy In ChicsRo for the purpose Of manu-.
featuring iaipe evidences against him In o
case here. Detective Coit, OF Montreal,
and Matt Pinkerton, Of q Chicago. are
watching McGariSle In Ontario and re-.
porting every move to tho Grown prosecu.
tor here. Al the latest reports Nc Garlgle
yas living pear St, GATHERINGS. .:sIl.7li
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ANOTHER CUT EXPECTED TEL :!
Western Railroads Smashing tho Rates I
s5j Carrying Coal. .s X

CHIcAdo, Sept. The Chicago &
Northwestern yesterday put ina new
tariff from Chicago and the Spring VALLEY,
mines on soft coal to st. Paul and North.
western points, cutting the established
rates forty cents ton. y; 81
All Of the enterested competing roads
met the rate, and the St. Paul and Wiz.
consln Central made the same rate from
the Hooking Valley and Indiana coal
fields as the rate from Chicago. q. &
:. AS this is what the Northwestern OBJ.
jects to, and as tho two mentioned roads
only get 05 cents ton as their proportion
Of the through rate, 1t is expected that the
Northwestern will, at the expiration oi
another. days notice, make another forty
cents reduction. All. s0s',
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Qhe Intelligence
onom Nos. 10 and II rourtssnth street.
TODAY is Wheeling day at the State
Fair, and oil Wheeling should be there to
hold up tho dignity and the credit OF the
old town. People from elsewhere give
the Fair cordial support. Tho home folks
certainly will not be behind, "@4t&

FROM the crowd Of visitors in the city
yesterday and lna. night It does not ap.
pear that the Big Rsunion exhausted the
resources Of the region round about.
There 10 ane Fair this year, and nobody
who can ret there can afford TO miss Il. 4
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Mn. CLEVELAND shows no disposition
to be dragged down by his fool friends.
He knows hawk from handsaw whom
the zephyrs are toying with the ample
foliage, Of Oak View. His talk on the
Wheeling banner incident, elsewhere
quoted, shown tho President TO good nd.
vantage, aud so all of his countsvmen are
glad to Gee him appear. 49, VI, u
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y Y WN'Als'nllsoToS, Sept. 7.-It is uald that
Governor Porter has rendered his resig.
nation to the President as First Asslstan!
Secretary Of State. No reason Is assigned
except the duties Of the position are not
copgenial, and that possibly the relations
between himself and Mr.. Bsyara have
grown tribe strained, n It'll a. ~
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TORY SHOTS
Directed at Bla,ne and Gladstone by tho

DEocted at DlAlhG ana Gladstone by tho
s.-,s Chimes" ,t 81 EEii
LONDON, sspt. Accommodating on the
invitation received by Mr.. Gladstone from
the Executive Committee 10 sttend the
Centennial celebration ut Philadelphia of
the adoption Of the American Constitu-
ton, the Times to.day says: 81 SD .i i.S
"Engliuhmen will not fail to gratefully
recognize the kindly feeling that prompt
ed the Invitation. We arc sorry, as Mr.
Gladstone Was cho,en, that he is unable
to accept it; but We find it difficult to dis.
cover how the conclusion was arrived AT
that Mr. Gladstone WAS peculiarly fitted
to represent England on such an occasion.
We should hardly select Mr.. Blaine to
represent the United States II an English
celebration were in question:" ri
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Accident ut Salem.

Special Dispatch TO The I.ttllioe,ccr.t l,'
SALEM, W. Va, Sept. 7.-About eight
o'clock this morning William Ycater, Of
Doddridgo county, who lives on Middle
Island, not far from this place, was struck
by the fast line. The unfortunate man
was walking on the track and appeared
unconscious Of the trains approach. lie
was knocked 1eyeral feet, was picked up
insenslble, and died in thirty minutes.
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BLAINE REPORTED ILL.
but thcro Seems to be Lit.lo Truth In the
.7 Rumor. ~ 1IS.

CHICAGO, Sept. ia special to ths Mail
from New York says: General Simon
Cameron, who has arrived hero from
Europe, brought discourering news re.
garding the health Of James G. Blaine.
Mr.. Cameron WAS for some days guest Of
Andrew Carnegie at Kilgraaton. After
Mr.. Blaine's departure Mr.. Carnegie told
him that Mr.. Blaine was q dangerously
sick man, stllicted with spells, during
which q deathly pallor spread over his
face, and his whole system became upset.
Mr.. Carnegie ssid the trouble was ono Of
the kidneys. Senator spooner, of Wis
consiu, who also came home on the Ser
via, had the Bama report Of Mr.. B!aine's
serious illness, but General Joseph P.
Hawley had not. The latter had also
ssen Blaine, end declared that he is in as
good health as ever. Walker Blaine, who
Is in New York, says he has heard moth
ing from hig father or family to indicate
any serious illness. 5F3 is>4Ig
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EXPLOSION ON a.. SCHOONER.
-Four Mon Burned to Death md Another
.,-5t#iS 7 T'tl tl,t Drowned. - 7iftl' !2''S$

-Four Mon Burned TO Death md Another
r.. Il & Il Il Drowned. 2''5S
Bos7oN, Sept about ! o'clock this
morning the schooner War Eagle, loaded
with naphtha, was lying noar the wharf
opposite John Cunningham's oil store.
house, near the Chelsea bridge. Az Il
Four, men were on the deck and one
below. Suddenly there was a puff Of
black amoko, followed by tremendous
explosion, which threw the deck Of the
vessel into the air. .! : IIT ~
s. In the midst Of fame and smoke were
the bodies Of four men. They were HURLED
high above the schooner and then fell
back into the flames. The 9Th man
jumped overheard and was drowned. jI;'0
Tho damsa quickly spread to Cunning.
ham's storehouse, which was soon do.
stroyed. III; IN 4lli9 a
Meanwhile the burning hulk driited
around against the drawbridge, and burn.
ed away tho draw. This shut of the Bos'
ton Fire Department and prevented ita
getting to the Chelsea side OF the bridge.
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ReGlInental Reunions.

UnmcHsvlLLE, O., Sept. Tho grand
reunion of the. Thirteenth, Thir.ieth, Eli:
ty-firat, Fifty.second, Eightieth and Nine.
ty-eighth Regiments, Ohio Volunteers, be-
gan here to-day with q very large attend.
ancs. The decorations are superb and the
hospitality extended by tho ciilzelu Lavish
The encampment will hast four days
Distinguished commanders are expected
among others ex.Prasident R. B. Hsyes,
Gen. ". s. Rosecrans, Hon. Beriah vii.
k!ns, Hon. John A. Bingham, Governor
]. B. Foraker, Gen. w. T. Sherman, G en-.
G. w. Morgan, Gen. P. Il. Sheridan. rs
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7 THAT TARIFF MEETING.
Tho President Undoubtedly Committed to


Tho President Undoubtedly Committed to
tho Free Trade Element, 4iEH
4 WASHINGTON Sept. Tho Repu5!i.
can to-day says: "The President, ex.
Speaker Randall and Speaker Carlisle had
conference at Oak View this afternoon.
The discussion related principally to
the Tariff bill, which has practically re.
csived the endorsement OF the adminis.ra-
ton, an outline of%which measure con.
templates the abolition OF the tobacco and
fruit brandy tax, a reduction OF the cuH-
.oma duties and large addition to tbs free
list. This measure has been referred to
Secretary Fairchild, who was suddenIy
summoned here by telegraph by the Pres.
idsnt, md who will prepare an eeti.nate
OF the reduction which the proposed bill
will effect in the revenues OF the country.
No conclusion was reached, but the mat.
ter wsa left for another conference, to be
held in tho near future. SO s$$'lao
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TIE HENDRICKS AIoNUMENr.
Tho Committee and sculptor Meet nnd Dc.
~. & 81 eide on tho Design "a 10

Tho Committee and sculptor Meet and Dc.
,yr,.G eide on tho Design. -
I lNDIANAroL1s, Sept. THE Hendricks
Monument Committee met last night with
R. Parks,.tho sculptor, and decided on tho
design for the monument. ~
The monument comprises q pedestal ISL
feet high, aurmounted by statue 13l feet
high. Hendricks is represented as resting
on his right leg, with his left thrown for.
ward; his right hand Is resting on tho
lapel Of close fitting dress coat, and his
left is hanging by his aide holding piece
OF parchment: the head ia slightly inclined
and 10 turned a little to the right, tho idea
being to represent him as on the point OF
addressing an audience. st. as
The monument will cost 5000 and
will be made in Italy. 'sg E.a
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YAskroN, DAkss Sept. IAN attempt
was made early this morning to wreck the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train
conveying Burr Robblna' circus from
Scotland to this city. Old rails and tele-
graph poles wers placed across the track
is miles north Of hero but as the train was
running slow. the engineer saw the ob.
strucsion in time to stop. Three hours
later the eouth bound freight came to q
stop bsfore a large pile OF ties which had
been wedged between the rails q. the
Hame place, L. q 2 (. Z vi